Latin America

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 19:07 UTC

  Cuban voters agree to same-sex marriage

  

  With over 66% votes in favor, Cubans have approved through a referendum the introduction of same-sex marriage and other novelties, the Electoral Council announced Monday. The agency also considered the trend to be “irreversible.” Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel said that “justice has been done.” The new legislation will replace the norms dating back to 1975.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Ecuador sacks Interior Minister over police officer wife's murder scandal

  

  Ecuador's Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo has been sacked by President Guillermo Lasso after the official was linked to a case of femicide, it was reported in Quito. Colonel Juan Zapata has been appointed as the new Minister of Interior.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Mexico/US border migrants' record arrests; mostly from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua

  

  New figures from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), indicate that 2.15 million migrants were detained at the US/Mexico border over the past year, a 24% increase, but with a drastic change in the origin of the new migrants, since the fastest growing number are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Peru vaccinates u-5s against COVID-19

  

  Peruvian health authorities began vaccinating children under five years of age Sunday against COVID-19 with pediatric doses available in Lima and Callao.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 19:23 UTC

  Peruvians allowed to take off their facemasks indoors, but

  

  Peruvian health authorities announced that face coverings will no longer be mandatory in indoor settings nationwide, except in hospitals, public transport, and among people with respiratory symptoms.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Uruguay ranked among best places for investing in the near future

  

  According to one of the world's leading financial magazines, Uruguay remains “a haven of stability in a volatile region.” The report featured the opinions of experts participating in a regular survey, who were asked to evaluate 174 countries quarterly.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Leveraged loan to help Latam airlines exit from bankruptcy

  

  Fresh air for highly indebted Latam, probably still the largest Latin American air carrier. In effect, a group of banks led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has launched a leveraged loan sale that will support Latam Airlines Group SA’s exit from bankruptcy.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Latin America and US agree to sack IDB president, a Trump appointment

  

  The fourteen governors on the board of the multilateral Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have voted unanimously to recommend firing President Mauricio Claver-Carone, Latin American sources revealed on Thursday.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Petro apologizes for murder of Haitian President Moïse

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro has apologized to Haiti for the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse committed by 18 mercenaries from his country who are awaiting trial on the Caribbean island.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 18:52 UTC

  Putin finds Colombia's Petro “a promising partner”

  

  Russian leader Vladimir Putin praised Colombia's President Gustavo Petro for the latter's speech Tuesday before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.